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An end run around the Constitution put “end of life consultations” back into the new health care law. Congressman Earl Blumenauer, an author of the original provision that was later dropped from the legislation, expressed his pleasure with the development … Continue reading →

43-year-old Susan Caldwell has filed a lawsuit asking a federal judge to declare Georgia’s law against assisted suicide unconstitutional. Caldwell, who plans to end her life using a plastic bag filled with helium, wants assurance that an “exit guide” from … Continue reading →

Attorneys for four members of the Final Exit Network (FEN) who are accused of helping a Georgia man end his life in 2008 have challenged the constitutionality of Georgia’s assisted-suicide law. More “Attorneys: Suicide law unconstitutional” ( Forsyth News – – … Continue reading →

Peter Orszag asserted that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is a money saver. “Perhaps most important, the legislation creates an Independent Payment Advisory Board” that will look for more ways to improve Medicare’s cost-effectiveness. Orszag said, “Under the … Continue reading →

During a discussion on balancing the federal budget, Nobel Prize winner in economics Paul Krugman said that the way to solve the problem of budget deficits is though deeply cost-effective health care rationing. Some years down the pike,” he said, … Continue reading →

Since it began in 2004, the Final Exit Network (FEN) has gained a foothold on volunteers in the Sarasota area, including some who have helped people commit suicide. FEN’s predecessor is the Hemlock Society. In 2005, it merged into Compassion … Continue reading →

Dr. George Lundberg, former editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association, writes: “Since 1975, at least 35 American healthcare workers have been formally charged with serial murder of patients, marking healthcare workers as an overrepresented occupational group among … Continue reading →

Wyoming congresswoman says some of her constituents are so worried about the reinstatement of the federal estate tax that they plan to discontinue dialysis and other life-extending medical treatments so they can die before Dec. 31. She said the children … Continue reading →

Imagine Emma Sue Schroeder, an 83-year-old terminal cancer patient, who has been told that she has approximately four months to live. She wants to die right away. Now imagine Emma Sue’s daughter, Rachel. Forty-five and healthy. Rachel wants her doctor … Continue reading →

Prior to his doctor-prescribed death under Washington State’s assisted suicide law, William B. F. Price wrote a letter to the Cowlitz County sheriff. “I will die in accord with Washington’s Death with Dignity Act at 9 a.m. today,” he wrote. … Continue reading →

Ludwig Minelli, the founder of the controversial Swiss clinic Dignitas, has said a person whose terminally ill partner commits suicide should also be given help to die – even if perfectly healthy. It is not the first time Minelli has … Continue reading →

Oregon woman warns Florida residents: “Don’t make Oregon’s mistake.” Jeanette Hall writes, “In 2000, I was diagnosed with cancer and told that I had six months to a year to live…It is now nearly 10 years later. If my doctor … Continue reading →

Under ObamaCare, an Accountable Care Organization (ACO) is supposed to take accountability for local Medicare patients, who in turn get most care from providers working inside the ACO’s network. In many ways, the ACO concept builds on the 1990s approach … Continue reading →

Calls for legislation to allow assisted suicide could put pressure on vulnerable patients to consider suicide. The warning was issued on the eve of the launch of Healthcare Professionals for Change (HPC) founded by Dr. Ann McPherson. More “Warnings over assisted … Continue reading →

Dr. Ann McPherson has set up a group of 12 health professionals to lobby for a change in the UK’s law on assisted suicide. McPherson said she wants to have the choice available “when I feel I am becoming a … Continue reading →

Television pundit Virginia Ironside shocked BBC viewers when she said she would hold a pillow over the face of a child in pain. She claimed that “any good mother” would do so. More “Outrage as agony aunt tells TV audience ‘I … Continue reading →

In a coma for months, following an attack in 2008, Bryan Steinhauer has recovered and has passed the first part of New York State’s notoriously difficult CPA exam. His health care providers had expected that he would never regain consciousness … Continue reading →

Less than two years after Washington State voters legalized doctor-prescribed suicide, the state announced that hospice services would no longer be funded for terminally ill patients who are on Medicaid. According to a press release announcing the decision, the action … Continue reading →

George Exoo has abandoned plans to open an assisted-suicide clinic which he described as a “hospice facility for people who want to die intentionally.” More “Assisted suicide plan shelved” ( Charlotte Observer – – September 21, 2010 )

George Exoo, a Unitarian minister who claims to have assisted more than 100 suicides, hopes to turn a run-down North Carolina house into a center to assist people with suicide. Exoo joined the Hemlock Society (now called Compassion & Choices) … Continue reading →

Ted Hardgrove shot his wife, Libby, who had cerebral palsy. Then, he set fire to their home and shot himself. According to the county sheriff, the murder suicide was an act of love. Steve Hopcraft, a spokesperson for Compassion & … Continue reading →

The pro assisted suicide group Compassion and Choices, along with a compliant media, continues to romanticize self destruction as an answer to the problem of human suffering. Latest example: In Montana, a man murdered his wife, who had cerebral palsy, … Continue reading →

Although media reports covering ObamaCare have centered mainly on the health insurance mandate and hidden tax increases, the real danger of ObamaCare is the limit imposed on hospital readmissions for those using Medicare. More “The Deadly Pact: How ObamaCare will “Save” … Continue reading →

In Holland, the feasibility of a suicide clinic to “assist people with chronic psychiatric problems, with Alzheimer’s or dementia and people who feel they have ‘completed’ their life” is being considered. A Dutch euthanasia advocacy group would like to see … Continue reading →

Obamacare is dependent on cutting nearly $500 million from Medicare in order to partially fund the rest of the new health-care system. With his embrace of the rationing British model, Dr. Berwick may be the right person to achieve that … Continue reading →